use of -m limit for Syn Flood protection
Hey all
In my continuous quest to understand TCP and netfilter / iptables more, I have started experimenting with rate limiting and different TCP Flags.
On my Lan I have mail server and obviously ident requests are perform etc, so I currently im trying this
# we allow 4 TCP connects per second, no more
$IPT -N syn-flood
$IPT -A syn-flood -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 4 -j LOG --log-level info --log-prefix '#### Syn Flood ####'
$IPT -A syn-flood -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 4 -j RETURN
$IPT -A syn-flood -j DROP
$IPT -t filter -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A FORWARD -p tcp --syn -j syn-flood
so now I get this
Oct 14 14:51:46 gate kernel: #### Syn Flood ####IN=eth1 OUT=eth0 SRC=192.168.111.11 DST=218.15.249.32 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=23007 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=40108 DPT=113 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 SYN
URGP=0
Oct 14 14:51:49 gate kernel: #### Syn Flood ####IN=eth1 OUT=eth0 SRC=192.168.111.11 DST=218.15.249.32 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=23008 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=40108 DPT=113 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 SYN
URGP=0
Oct 14 14:51:55 gate kernel: #### Syn Flood ####IN=eth1 OUT=eth0 SRC=192.168.111.11 DST=218.15.249.32 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=23009 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=40108 DPT=113 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 SYN
URGP=0
Oct 14 14:52:07 gate kernel: #### Syn Flood ####IN=eth1 OUT=eth0 SRC=192.168.111.11 DST=218.15.249.32 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=23010 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=40108 DPT=113 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 SYN
URGP=0
So my question is, have I maybe been to aggressive on the limit.
I use the -j syn-flood for both FORWARD and INPUT
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